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SSGT Anton Ira Nunnikhoven

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SSGT Anton Ira Nunnikhoven Veteran

Birth
Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi, USA
Death
17 Jul 1944 (aged 28)
Saint-Patrice-de-Claids, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot D Row 16 Grave 5
Memorial ID
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Biloxi, Mississippi, BILOXI DAILY HERALD, Friday Afternoon, August 4, 1944, Page Six


WIGGINS SERGEANT (Service # 34132833) KILLED IN FRANCE


S. Sgt. Anton I. Nunnikhoven, 28-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nunnikhoven of Wiggins, was killed in action in France on July 17, according to word received Thursday from the War Department. he was in the infantry and had been overseas since December, 1943. He was inducted into the service in August, 1941.


Sergeant Nunnikhoven was born and reared in Wiggins, and graduated from Wiggins High School. Later he was associated with his father in the operation of a mercantile business, Hiney and Company. Other than his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. James N. White, residing in Wiggins while her husband is overseas, and Mrs. A.G. Thornton, Hattiesburg.


submitted by E. Ackerman, 2/11/13.

Biloxi, Mississippi, BILOXI DAILY HERALD, Friday Afternoon, August 4, 1944, Page Six


WIGGINS SERGEANT (Service # 34132833) KILLED IN FRANCE


S. Sgt. Anton I. Nunnikhoven, 28-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nunnikhoven of Wiggins, was killed in action in France on July 17, according to word received Thursday from the War Department. he was in the infantry and had been overseas since December, 1943. He was inducted into the service in August, 1941.


Sergeant Nunnikhoven was born and reared in Wiggins, and graduated from Wiggins High School. Later he was associated with his father in the operation of a mercantile business, Hiney and Company. Other than his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. James N. White, residing in Wiggins while her husband is overseas, and Mrs. A.G. Thornton, Hattiesburg.


submitted by E. Ackerman, 2/11/13.


Inscription

121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Mississippi.




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  • Maintained by: Frogman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56648323/anton_ira-nunnikhoven: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Anton Ira Nunnikhoven (8 May 1916–17 Jul 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56648323, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Frogman (contributor 47380828).